Euronews

Rescue efforts have continued the day after a factory collapsed in Pakistan, as survivors trapped in the rubble pleaded for help on their mobile phones.

Some 100 people have now been pulled alive from the debris but at least 20 others died in Wednesday’s disaster in the eastern city of Lahore.

The reasons for the collapse are unclear but reports suggest the factory’s owner, who was adding an extra floor, may had ignored advice to stop construction work after cracks in the walls following a powerful earthquake more than a week ago.

The quake of magnitude 7.5 killed more than 300 people in Pakistan and the northern parts of neighbouring Afghanistan and damaged thousands of buildings.